[in French] Thousands of skulls and other remains from France's colonial history remain in French institutions. But their descendants are asking for their return. From Guyana to Senegal. The Film is about a woman from French Guyana, exposed in a Paris Zoo. Le Monde has a video about the dilemmas surrounding the repatriation of skulls, ascribed to anti-colonial heroes from Senegal.
For decades, the descendants of the Senegalese Muslim mystic, scholar, and military commander Omar Saïdou Tall have been trying to retrieve the “treasure of Ségou” (looted in 1890) from the French state. The new French restitution law offers new hope.
Alioune Samb writes: As part of my research, I developed and tested a system called SYDOCOM. Not to “add voices”. But to create conditions where different forms of knowledge can exist without being reduced to a single authorised version.
Reclaiming stolen artefacts: Africa’s landmark museum at the heart of global discussion about restitution.
Senegal’s Museum of Black Civilisations is asserting Africa’s right to secure its cultural heritage and tell its own story.
The Paris museum has invited African researchers to study the archives of the expedition, which took place between 1931 and 1933, and to carry out field studies to retrace the conditions of the undercover raid on artifacts.
[ conference in French ] Germany, Benin, Cameroon, Ghana, Greece, France, Ivory Coast, Mali, Sénégal, Switzerland - Academics, activists, artists, experts from communities and museum actors debate the future of museums in Africa and in Europe.
